an acrobat died in a tragic accident just before green day’s headlining set at madrid’s mad cool festival on friday (july 7).after facing criticism for continuing with its performance in the aftermath of the tragedy, the band has issued an official statement on their website, addressing the backlash and clarifying that they were not informed about the incident until afterwards.read the full statement from green day frontman billie joe armstrong below.last night at the mad cool festival in spain there was a horrific accident. an acrobat by the name of pedro was killed during his performance before green day played our show. we are so sad for pedro and his family and we pray for them in thi...